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Comment by AlecSchueler

3 days ago

Couldn't you just leave? Like what if you had genuinely been there intentionally but had an emergency at home? People understand

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timthorn  2 days ago

Doug Englebart and Ted Nelson came to give a lecture at my university when I was a student. I was busy in the lab and engrossed in my work, and realised the time 5 minutes after the talk was due to begin. I was too embarrassed to walk in late, so to my eternal regret I didn't go. I'm more comfortable with that sort of situation now, but I can appreciate the desire not to make a scene.